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I like mindfulness for teachers and students as it allows for a little space for creativity and reducing stress in the class room. Building resilience is the key for success and mindfulness can do this.
Teacher training and updating our skill set is another passion, as we must continually change and adapt to meet new challenges in the classroom.

I like mindfulness for teachers and students as it allows for a little space for creativity and reducing stress in the class room. Building resilience is the key for success and mindfulness can do this.
Teacher training and updating our skill set is another passion, as we must continually change and adapt to meet new challenges in the classroom.

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Mindfulness can really help in class, many schools are resistent because of funding. This bundle can help you to deliver sessions in class. There is no need for you to do the practices with the class as these are provided in the form of recordings. I will continue to update this resource at time but very keen to support you is giving mindfulness a go. Once downloaded please contact me and I will provide you support and update when done. jon@focusdaytraining,co.uk
Try with anxious groups, SEN groups, clever groups, revision groups, PHSE, open a mindfulness club.

Mindfulness can really help in class, many schools are resistent because of funding. This bundle can help you to deliver sessions in class. There is no need for you to do the practices with the class as these are provided in the form of recordings. I will continue to update this resource at time but very keen to support you is giving mindfulness a go. Once downloaded please contact me and I will provide you support and update when done. jon@focusdaytraining,co.uk
Try with anxious groups, SEN groups, clever groups, revision groups, PHSE, open a mindfulness club.

This short mindfulness recording is for staff and students that would benefit from regular breaks in the day to help them to sit and just reset themselves before moving on. This recording is longer than 3 minutes, but once you have mastered the routine then 3 minutes should be the maximum.
Try in the car before you step into the car park, help students to download onto phone and encourage to listen at break time.

Teaching our minds how to be kind to ourselves is a step towards feeling less anxious about the world. Training our neural networks to feel kindness towards ourselves and wishing ourselves well helps to build resilience in the face of negative external forces.

Lesson work sheets for the mindfulness bundle. Simple questions for each student to complete. Will provide you with useful insights into how they are. Collect in at the end of the lesson and use in tutor time or one to one time when you think you may like to bring a subject up.

This is to develop resilience toward people that you like and help you work on those that you don't like. Over time it helps to relax the minds attitude towards people you think are enemies or people you believe you do not like.
We first talk about how we feel if we have to be with people we do not like. We realise that we can train the mind to deal with these people in more relaxed ways. Meditation helps with this and over time we can open up to difficult people.

This is a key practice to do at the very beginning of learning how to be more mindful. This helps to generate feelings of kindness to others and self. Many of us are not kind enough and this is a gentle way of teaching the mind.
It gently teaches the mind to be less critical and judgmental about ourselves.

Brief scheme to help you run a five week mindfulness course for your class. Questions included withn the scheme, but look out for the worksheets in the bundle to hand out to all students in class. These can prove useful when learning about the individuals and how they tick.

Learn to sit and rest without distraction. Then use sound when you are distracted to return to the moment. Excellent way to train mind for exams and homework.
Teaching the mind to be able to hear instead of listen, helps us to let go of external noise distraction. We can allow them just to be there.

Learn how to bring your attention back to the moment and just breath. This is a foundation practice that can be used alongside other practices. Essential mind training.
Just sitting in silence we discover how busy our minds are. Training in this recording focuses our attention back onto the breath.

After you have trained your mind with support and kindness you can then move on to look at how we can really calm the mind and take a good look at what is going on inside of us.
This teaches us to be able to sit on the river bank and watch our thoughts. Learning a more relaxed way to be with our busyness

These two recordings are created for you to play at the start and the end of the day. They are mindfulness based guided short practices of no more than 5 minutes in length. Designed to quiet the mind mind before class start and them to calm the mind before going home.
I would recommend trying this for a whole term with a class, just so you can compare with other classes. Then the whole school could be taking a little time out to benefit the rest of a busy day. Enjoy
You can then complement these recording with others that I have created. You can use these again as a full class resource of just for those learners that get a little anxious and worried about stuff.

Easy to follow slides with some notes to help you deliver. This will be at least an hours lesson if you go slow and engage with the class. This compliments all my other materials on mindfulness.
Animation and recording to have a go.
Includes simple science, explanation and benefits.

A presentation to use in class with groups or individuals with bad attendance. Simple slides with detailed notes on how to approach students with honesty and robust delivery. Letting them see the error of their ways in a non judgmental style and allowing them to think and reflect on their actions and the impact on their future,

A pod cast that talks about the different strategies that can be used. Listen as a teacher and ask yourself if you are doing these things? Play in class and ask the learners what they have not tried yet.

Listen to some of the problems associated with dyslexia, especially in an education establishment. Some ideas may be a little uncomfortable but if you listen to the message I am sure you can act for the best for your students.

Use this with each individual in class to show the levels of self perceived anxiety with each student. This is useful for just getting to know your students but especially useful in tracking any progress made with mindfulness classes. If any students show severe score than I recommend that you speak to someone at school who deals with emotional issues and to ensure that colleagues are aware.
Each column has a score attached - 0, 1, 2, 3. When the students tick a box, they or you can assign an score and then total them up.

Start each day with a simple mindfulness recording to help everyone settle into themselves and the class room. Over time you could have a control group and a group that do not use this start. Us as a warm up or in the very first class they are in, usually some form of tutor group.